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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-27
ELECTION NOTICE.

A It County Court confined and held
u for the County of Mason at the
Court House thereof on Friday, April
Sth, 1887, the following order WAS enter
ed:
WHEREAS, the Jail of Mason County,
West Virginia, is unsafe, inadequate and
unsuitable. for the purposes of this coun-
ty; and tile Circuit Court of sale! county
has taken steps to compel the County
Court to build Jail that will meet the
requirements OF the law upon this mat
WHEeEAs, A levy of sufficient
amount to pay for building such a Jail
woull be a great burthen upon the tax
PAYERS, but as the law wisely permits
the people to have bonds of the County
issued to pay such indebtedness running
from five to tlIirty-fnur years, and
WHEREAS. If jail is built the neces-
sity will have arisen for the issuing of
said bonds to pay such Indebtedness.
1t is therefore ordered that vote be
taken of the time, and by the Gommiss-
toner's OF the next School election to be
held ON the tn day of May, 1887, nj
each voting place in said county, upon
the questions connected with the debt
created by building said Jail, and il
three -tifths of the votes cast by legally
qualified voters for and against the prop
Us ition to build u Jail and for issuing
bonds uf the county TO pay for ii, then
the said County Court shall cause a jail
not exceeding in cost TwentY-thousantl
dollars to be built; ;la,l when said Jail is
bdilt or when any part contracted to be
built separately, shall have been com
pleted and received by the County Court,
the said Court to pay TOR the same shall
issue sufficient number of coupon
bonds of the county in denominations OF
not less than Five-hundred dollars each.
due twenty years from the date thereof,
and redeemable at the pleasure of the
County CourL at any time after five
years, bearing interest AT Il rate OF not
more than six per cent. payable annual
ly: Provided, however, that the aggre-
crate amount of said bonds issued shall
not exceed the sum OF twenty-tllousand
dollars.
The ballots used at such election shall
have written or printed on them For
Jail and Bonds" or against Jail and
Bonds" and the said Commissioners
shall take said poll, record, certify and
return the same to the office of the
Clerk oi the County Court as the same
is done at Il general election; and for this
purpose the said County Clerk is order
eti To prepare and place i'll the hands ui
The said Commissioners of Election al
each voting precinct, prior to the said
iAI ol eiectloil' proper pom DoOkS ana
ballots
1t is further ordered that the County
Court shall on the first Monday after
said election, in special session, ascer-
tain and declare the result thereof, and
the Clerk of the County Court is direct
ed to correspond with Jail builders in
different parts of the country and invite
plans, specifications and prices, and re-
port the same to the Court, and shall
have this order printed in each of the
papers published in said county for four
successive weeks prior to said election.
y copy teste:
j. P. r. B. SMITH, Clerk.
By JOS. III. HOLLOWAY, Deputy.
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The Glorious I.s.G. R..

Wetzcl Democrat.
While the large cities, east and
west, which have fourished and
grown fat upon unjust railroad dis
ordinations against the middle
towns in matters of freight, are in
a deep tribttlation OF the kind that
worketh no patience, the smaller
West Virginia towns are rejoicing
with a joy that is unspeakable, save
in a wild whoop. No longer will
the fiery untamed Texas steer
horn the pennyroyal West Virgin
ia bull out of the market, nor will
the boarded bushels from the gigan-
tic elevators of the Minnesota wheat
king be poured out against the
West Virginia farmer.
All, there! Behold us sailing in
on the head of the market with a
good margin in the way of rates.
Oh happy day, when our merchants
can afford to sell cheaper than any
prairie sutler that ever hung out
bandanas and dog-leg tobacco in
in that measly wind-bag imitation
of clapboards and mud, that they
call town, out in Kansas.
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RANKIN WILEY. JR.
condemnation Notice.

ITO JAMES LONG: You will please
i take notice that ON the st j day nf May
1887, an application will be'lnade to the
Circuit Court of Mason County, West
Virginia, ut term thereof tn he held at
the Court House thereof, on that day for
the appointment OF Commissioners tn
ascertain just compensation to the per.
sons entitled thereto, for Il tract of lan'i
hereinafter mentioned, in which you are
interested as owner, claimant or lien
holder, and for such orders and proceed
ings as may be necessary to condemn
the same for the purpose hereinafter
named; the said tract of land is descrih-
ed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at station 249x5O of the cen
ter line, where it crosses line between
lands of Miller and Gideon Longs heirs;
thence on curve to the right of. 3Sl9.S3
feet radius to Station 255NSS6; thence
on tangent bearing S $50 06< w to Sta
ton 263X:57, where said center line eros
SEES line between lands of said Longs
heirs and Josiah Arlington. The strip OF
land so desired being 1887 feet long and
GO feet wide, 30 feet on each side of the
above described center line and contains
. 6-l0 acres; plat of which land mark
ed Long is filed with the application
i'll writing in the case, and which tract ol
land is proposed TO be taken by TiE
OHIO RIVER RAIL ROAD COMPANY, a corpor-
alton duly created. and acting under the
laws OF West Virginia, and intended by
said Company 70 be appropriated for
the purpose of constructing and operat
ing railroad under and by virtaire oil
its act OF Incorporation and the laws OF
said State.
OHIO RIVER RAILROAD co.
By JAMES I'll. Couch, JH., Counsel.
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We are expected to say something
about the proposed new Jail, and the
vote to authorize the issuing of the
bonds to build it.
We admit the necessity for new
Jail building, but what amount OF
money to exPend in It's building is
the stumbling block with the voter
and taxpayer.
We ought to build as good Jail
as the county needs for $4,000 or
$4,000. This would give us as good
a building and as strong one as
they are now erecting in Gallia
county, Ohio.
We dOnt't want to advise our
readers OF thrust our individual OPP
Unions upon the voters, as regards
their duty on the bond question
1t is a matter every voter should
consider well before he casts his
vote. IF he thinks it best to auth
orize the issuing of the bonds, he
should so vote. The election notice
published in the REGISTER, fully ex-
plains the whole matter.
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CONDEMNATION NOTICE.

ITO Sophia Newman, (nee Hunnun) and
i Lewis Newman, her husband, Jennie
AicCallister, (Ace HdnndR,) and Nathan
AIcCaliister, her husband, Jennie Few
Ter, tilce Hnuidh,j and James Fowler,
her husband, Michael Kelly and Robert
Baker, the unknown creditors OF L. S.
Ilannan.and Esom G. Hannah.
You will please take notice, that on
the 3rd day of May, 1887, an applica-
ton will be made t0 the Circuit Court OF
Mason County, West Virginia, at term
thereof to be held at the Court House
thereof On that day, for the appoint
inent of Commissioners to ascertain q
just compensation to the persons entitled
thereto, for certain tracts of land here
matter mentioned, in which you are in
terested as owners, claimants or lien
holders, and fer such orders and pro-
ceedings as may be necessary to CON
demn the same, for the purpose herein
after named; the said tracts of land are
described as follows, to-wit:
One tract, beginning at station 972xO5
of the center line, where it crosses the
boundary line between lands of G. G.
Hunnel and +. S. Hannah, thence on q
tangent 3lS0 IL w. 1920 feet To Station
9SSX25.5; thence on curve to the right
OF lJl0.0S feet radius 1868 feet to station
9SJxS2, where center line crosses.b bound
airy line between lands OF said T. S Han
nan and Esom G. Human The strip OF
land desired being 100 feet wide, 20 feet
on hill side Of said center line and 30 #.
on the other side of the above described
center line through the said +. =. Han
mans land and contains 4 O7-l00 acres
Another tract described as follows.
to-wit: Beginning at station 9S9xS2 of the
center line Where itcrosses boundary line
between lands of Ed Hannah and Esom
c. Hannah; thence on curve to the
right of 1910 0S feet radius 1857 feet to
Station 9g4x57.T, thence on a tangent
S. SO 06r w. 1908 feet to station
10O6x65 where said center line crosses
boundary line between lands of said
Esom G. Hannah and Henry Gwinn.
The strip OF land desired being 80 feet
on each side of said center line above
described from station gS9xS2 to station
1914 (4lS feet and from STATEN 994 10
station l006x65, 80 feet oil each side Of
said center line and contains . 7-lC
acres.
Plats of which land marked ''E. S. H
and 1'E. G. H." are filed with the appii.
cation in writing in the case, and which
tracts OF land are proposed TO be taken
by THE OHIO RIVER RAIL ROAD COMPANY,
a corporation, duly created, and acting
under the laws of West Virginia, and
intended by said Company TO be appro-
pTiated Tor the purpose of constructing
and operating railroad under and by
virtue of its act of incorporation and the
laws of said State
ONO RIVER RAILROAD CosGPAEY,
BY James Fl. Couch, Jr.. Counsel.
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THE LEGISLATURE.

CHARLESTON, April PA reso-
luton was offered by Mr.. Young in
the House, that all necessary bust
ness be transacted without delay,
and that two sessions be held daily
The several Appropriation bills
Were introduced and referred to the
finance committee.
House Bill No. y, to provide for
the regulation of railroad freight,
passenger tariff and unjust discrim-
i:Iation in rates, etc, practically the
Interstate Commerce Bill as passed
by Congress applying to this State.
was introduced by Col Chew. 1t
provides for the appointment of a
commission Ofthree to receive a COM
pensatiOn of one dollar and twenty
five cents per hour for each hour eX-
clusivcly employed. 1t was referred
to the Committee on Railroads, as
We're House bills Nos. 13 and II, in
tro,iuced by Mr.. Beckwith, prohibi-
ting railroad companies from carry
ing puplic officers over the road free
of charge or at lower rates than
to others, and for the same as APP
plied to delegates to political con
ventions. The session was very
Snort, adjourning until tomorrow
morning.
The proceedings of the Senate, to-
day were remarkably dull and unin-
teresting, no business of Importance
being transacted. The Finance
Committee was in session during
the afternoon and considered the
two appropriation bills.
In speaking of the Senatorial
question this evening, Speaker
Rowan said: i have no doubt what
sOever of the authority of this Legis-
lature to elect United States Sena-
tor, and consider it duty to be per.
formed. am certainly in favor OF
the circulation of call for caucus M
an early day next week, and think
it should be done. / am of opinion
that all Democratic members of this
Legislature should have an oppor
tunity given them again to 90 int
caucus express their views and make
any fight against any one candidate
they may desire to make there.
think five go into election we should
have a candidate nominated in tn,
usual and customary Democratic
method and can see no reason why
Il caucus should not be held. If
caucus Is held / will vote for ex
United States Senator Frank Here
ford, put shall give my full anC
hearty support to the nominee of tin
caucus, no matter who he Is
The Republican scheme A de
termined effort is being made by til
leaders of the Republican party t,
adjourn the Legislature before tn
3d of May. They will, however en-
counter considerable difficulty il
that as there is sufficient humble
OfRcpublicans and anticaucus Demo
Gratis who favor an election at thi
session, to defeat any attemp to adj
jOurn without going into the election
OF a Senator. No call as yet ha
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Trustees Sale of Valuable Real
Estate Situate in Mason County
West Virginia.

HG6B bIbeS1uAhs
DY virtue OF three several deeds OF
ID Trust, executed as follows: One hyi
Perry Lemaster and wife, to George Mar
tin, Trustee, 10 secure to Josie Sterrett
the payment OF a certain loan of money!.
/ the said trust deed bearing date May
18th, 1877, and duly recorded in tho
Clerks Office OF the. County Court of
Mason County, West Virginia, in trust;
deed book No. 3, page 252.
One executed by Perry IIemaster,
Nancy Lemaster, and Charles T. I.emas-
ter, Trustee, &c-, to Charles Z. Hogg,
Trustee, TO secure G. F. sterrett the pay
ment of a certain loan Of money, the
said Trnst Deed bearing date Nav 21st.
1881, and duly recorded in said Clerks
Ofiicein Trust Deed Book, No. 5, pages
3GS-4-5; and one other, executed by said
Perry and Nancy Lemaster and Charles
Z. LenIaster, Trustee, TO said Charles 4.
Hogg, Trustee, to secure said G. F. Ster-
ret the payment of a certain other loan
OF money, the said last Trust Deed bear
ing date January 3Ist 1882. and duly re-
corded III said Clerks ONCE in Trust
Deed Book, No. g, pages 40 and So
The undersigned Trustee will sell by
way OF public auction to the highest bid
der at tie front door OF the Court HOuse-
OF SAID county on the 10Th day Of
! Saay, 1857 at the hour of one o'clock
+. NJ, the following described real estate,
situate in Lewis District, in said county
and State: one tract containing S43 acres,
another containing LOO acres, and oIe-
other containing 81 acres: said land Is
well-improved aud in good state of
cdtIyatioII with good residence there
on, barn and other useful farm buildings,
and being the same land upon which
/ the said Perry and Nancy Jen1stcr now
/ reside.
/ TERMS OF SAIsE:-CASH.
CdAS. L IfOIfCi. Trustee.
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modious kitchens to cook for the
yearly increasing guests.
1t may be that our county Will
buildsa anew jail, the subject has
been of frequent agitation, yet let
us ask the question. who are the
chief agitators?
Who are the loudest, clamoring
for this new and costly structure
and denouncing the safety of our
present Jail. ! see no difficulty in
locating the origin, it originated
with a few of the Court House
Ring, with perhaps hearty en-
dorsement by one or two appointees
of the Circuit Court.
1t does not require any, >but the
most superficial inspection to know
the influences that have been
brought TO bear, trying to force you
as tax payers to submit to this use
less extravaganza in building "new
JAIL" but our County Commissioners
being composed of gentlemen in the
strictest meaning of the term, would
not stoop to permit a scheming rob
berry to be forced upon the people
and burdened tax payers without
giving them the right TO say at the
ballot box, whether they endorsed
throwing their money away TO graf
ify the cranky whines of few pol
iticians The Court acted wisely in
refusing to accept any particular
plan no matter how great the infiu-
ence, nor how high in office the
solicitors.
No one can deny the eagerness of
Reader" in the State Gdzette, re-
garding building the "new Jail. :"
Oh, how he did squeal, and use
naughty words when AT;sN Payer"
applied tile clamps to him alt is
the truth that always hurts. The
Judge of our Circuit Court has seen
fit to take action in this matter of Il
inew Jail by requiring the County
Court to make greater accommoda-
tions, for an average of only five
prisoners, confined in our present
Jail during any one year. Let the
tax paying people consider cautious
ly this matter of our present require
ments, and if they think that our
"old jail with one thousand dollars
expended thereon, IN remoddeling
and making requisite changes, to
especially accommodate our unfor-
tunate demented, is not good
enough place for criminals, who
may be placed there for violation of
orr laws, and desire building Il
palace for Jail, thus inviting Grim
inals to good home, or desire the
expenditure of fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars to build Hotel
De Jail Then let them go and vote
for the appropriation, but hereafter
make no complaints about excessive
expenditures of the public money,
for be assured that this Jail scheme
is only starter to the many con-
templated expenditures, now map
ped out
No sensible man can deny that
the present Jail can be fixed up to
meet every purpose with a little
expenditure of money, without
spending twenty thousand dollars
to build Il Palace to foster and keep
criminals like Kings Let the peo-
pie throughout the various Districts
in the county, instead of voting for
a new jail, spend that money they
would be taxed in building commod-
ious school houses. Educate your
children, and we need not require
so costly Il Jail. MAX.
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Shall we Tax Payers Submit 10
Higher Taxation.

Editor Register: L have been
thinking, since scrupuiously reading,
and carefully studying the various
articles that have from time to time
appeared in your paper, signed
'sTax-Payer," that his ideas are
Just about right, regarding useless
expenditure of the peoples money,
and especially our voting away the
money of an already ocer tdred
county to build anew jail which
is to conform to the ideas of GER
tain number of political spectators,
former delinquents, and constant
holders on of the apublic tit"
1t is most certainly amazing what
solicitude such people have for the
welfare, and comfort of these poor
prisoners. who by their own acts of
depravity, their willful violation of
the laws, have incarcerated them
selves in our county Jail.
Do these agitators of the "new
Jail, desire to build Palace to
entertain, feed and care for the
criminals of this county at the ex-
pense of the tax payers?
Do they expect by using their
influence i'll securing the adoption of
any one particular plan, for the ''new
Jail, or by having certain expendi-
lures of the peoples money made
/ he inIiyiduo1lv benntittnd2
These are questions which need
solution. Are you tax payers of
this county able to recf1lessly vote
away Your money, to crafty the as
surances given to certain contractors,
that their plans will be given pref
ference?
Are we not at this time almost
over burdened with excessive taxa
ton? Surely every tax payer and
farmer in this county knows only
too well the difficulty and hardship
they have to undergo to meet their
present taxation. Therefore, tax
payers, ii is your duty to be awake
to these important issues, ask your
self the question is It absolutely
necessary TO bWiLd a Re'c jul? Do
not sit idly by and permit any un-
derhand business to be conducted in
your county, without attesting Your
convictions of right ut the ballot
box.
| The present Jail may not be so
grand, or fine structure, yet it is
unquestionably eOnmOdjuS enough
to accommodate all the prisoners we
have ever had sent here and with a
little expenditure of money it could
be made ample for any emergency,
besides those who are not so favor
ably impressed with its present con-
dition, need not become inmates
Let these criminals who so degrade
themselves as to steal, murder, &c.
stop this kind of deviltry and we
would not be bothered with incar-
cerating them at ali. Yet after all
this clamor about the uRSdfe,( fEthu
unhedtthy, condition of the Jail, is not
half so bad as some would make
) you believe, neither is it the most
obnoxious place in the county, or q
disgrace to civilization. Judging
from the great number of guests
, frequently headed by II member OF
: our County Commissioners who
make it their hotel, during whole
sessions of our County and Circuit
Courts, besides private boarders tc
rusticate there the whole yeal
; around: and it is most strange way
of improving the hygenic condition
| of the jail, or adding to the proper
) sewerage, to. build large and com
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The members of the Legislature
have finally come to the conclusion
that it is their duty to elect a Uni
tel States Senator. and will proceed
to do so about the Sd of May. Mr.
Camden is a good deal stronger
now than he was at the regular
session, and the chances are that he
WI be elected without much oppo-
sitiOn.
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LIKE TIE FREIGHT RATEs.-A
dispatch from Parllersburg, W. Va.
says: Shippers and merchants in
the interior of the State are finding
much to commend in the workings
OF the Interstate commerce law
As compared with the old rates fo1.
the various classes of freight the
ones under the new order of things
are much more to their liking. As
an example between the old system
and the new are the following fig
ures: The old rate on lumber from
Baltimore to Grafton was 164 cents,
while the new is u; on carload
of cattle there is difference of SIS
in favor of the present rates. On
the different classes OF freight there
is difference of 20 cents per 100
pounds in the first class; is cents
in the second class; Is cents in the
third class, and IL cents in the fourth
class. This saving in freight will
amount to large sums annually, and
furnish strong stimulus for man
ufactures.'
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COMMISSIONERS SALE


DY virtue Of decree of the Circuit
d Court of Mason county, West Nir-
ginia, entered on the 18th day of Febru-
airy, 1886, in the chancery cause of Viii
liam Kirtly and others against Ben
jamin Lewis and other, the undersigned
who was appointed Special Commits
sioner for the purpose. will sell at pub
lie auction, ora the I 9th day of lay.
1857, fthat being court day. the fol-
lowing described lots of land situated in
the Town of West Columbia, the same
being lots Nos. l33 and 1874 and being
the same lots conveyed to James Lewis.
by G. ]. Zuspon and wife, by deed dated
December 10th, 1870, and fully described
i'll the bill and proceedings of said cause
to which reference is hereby had.
TERMS OF SALE:-One-third of the
purchase money cash in hand on the
day of sale, the residue in two equal in
stallments i'll one and two years, taking
from the purchaser bonds with good Sc
curity bearing interest from day of sale
for the deferred payments, and retain
ing the legal title as a further security.
RANKIN WILEY, JR.,
Special Commissioner.
/ hereby certify that bond has been
given as required by the decree of sale
in the above styled cause.
R L. MITCHELL,
Clerk Circuit Court Mason county,
West Virginia.
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. J


Mason County, S. S.
A I Rules held i'll the Clerks Office of
II the Circuit Court of Mason county,
on the first Monday in the month OF
April, 1887.
John NJ. McCabe- and Baptiste Gil
more. Administrators with the will an
nexed of James McCombs, deceased.
his wife, John NJ. McCabe and Mary f.
McCabe, his wife, w. ). Hoy, q. G. Mil
Ter, John ID. Mccormick, and the I'M
known creditors of James McCombs, de-
ceased.
In CiIancery.
The object of the above suit is to as
certain the amount of the Indebtedness
of the said James McC0mbs, deceased,
what real estate he died seized and pos
sessed of, the liens thereon, if any, and
their priority, to settle the accounts OF
administration, and to subject the said
real estate to the payment of the indebt-
edness of the said James McCombs, de-
ceased.
And it appearing from affidavit filed
that the defendants, Lizzie Lemaster,
John McCabe, Mary i. McClbe and
John d. Mccormick, are non-residents oil
the State of West Virginia aforesaid. il
is ordered that they do appear here
within one month after the first publica.
ton of this order and do what is neces.
sary to protect their interests IN this suit.
TeSte:
r. E. MITCHELL, Clerk.
Simpson & Howard, Soils.
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